Technological forecasting related to the energy sector: a scientometric overview

Abstract

Scientometric review of trends and key points of technological forecasting related to the energy sector is carried out in this study. Using co-keyword, co-citation techniques to analyze a set of research and review articles indexed in the Scopus database, clustered networks were built to understand content relationships and research topic evolution within the 2000-2019 period. This study provides an overview of future-oriented research efforts and trends in the energy technology knowledge domain.

Keywords

• energy technology
• technological forecasting
• scientometric analysis
• visual analytic
• vosviewer
• citespace